Camera Critters #93 In the kitchen

The thought of living on a farm appeals in a romantic sort of way. In my imagination the sun is always shining on healthy, clean animals in beautiful rural surroundings - no nasty slurry or fertiliser smells, no muddy yard full of milling cows desperate to be milked. The animals don't suffer from fly strike and live long and happy lives, dying peacefully in their sleep from old age when they can then be consumed (though they are rather tough!) The cockerel (or rooster or chanticleer) crows quietly at break of nine o'clock and the hens are never broody.

This farmyard scene is over the range.

We have our own farmyard in the kitchen and the animals are surprisingly cheap to keep, only requiring a wipe-over now and then!

Thank you to the organisers and hosts of this entertaining meme.

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Today’s Flowers #73 – Freesias and another Guzmania

I enjoy having flowers in the house but there are few places where they can be safely placed where dogs tails won't knock them over or cats teeth and paws attack them.

So I put them in the kitchen, where I can see them. It's logical since I spend quite a lot of time in this room! Today I bought freesias - I can almost drink the perfume of these beauties - and a yellow Guzmania.

It will be a few days before the freesias open fully but already the  bromeliad complements the colour of the yellow freesias . . .

 . . . and the pink of the pig on the wall tones with the purple of the deeper freesias.

There are some odd angles here to try and hide the less pleasing aspects of my kitchen. (Did I mention that I shall be sacking the housekeeper - such a slovenly slattern she is ;-))

Thank you, as ever, to the industrious TF team for their hard work. To see more blooms from around the world please click here.